Bachelor's Degree in Bioinformatics - UAB/UPC/UB/UPF

Study guides

Title of qualification awarded

Bachelor in Bioinformatics

Table of credits for each course

	Basic training	Compulsory	Optional	Bachelor's Degree Final Project
1st year	48	12
2nd year	12	48
3rd year		60
4th year		6	30	24
Totals	60	126	30	24

Basic and compulsory training

1st year	2nd year
1st semester  Algebra Cell Biology Introduction to Bioinformatics  Applied Programming I  Physical and Organic Chemistry  2nd semester Molecular Biology  Biochemistry   Calculus Applied Programming II  Computer Architecture and Operating Systems	1st semester  Biostatistics and Data Analysis  Databases  Genetics and Genomics  Discrete Mathematics and Optimization  Applied Programming III  2nd semester Networks and Systems Biology Algorithms in Biology Physiology and Neurobiology   Statistical Models and Stochastic Processes  Data Visualization
3rd year	4th year
1st semester  Algorithms and Data Structures  Statistical Learning  Biophysics Population Genetics and Molecular Evolution  Computational Genomics  2nd semester Machine Learning  Structural Bioinformatics  High-Performance Computing  Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics  OMICS Techniques	2nd semester  Ethics and Scientific Communication  Bachelor's Degree Final Project

Optional subjects

Optional 4th year subjects  

• Research Project (UAB, UPC, UB, UPF)
• Innovation Project (UPC)

In addition, students can enrol in subjects from other related study plans offered by the participating universities in the fields of Biology, Genetics, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, etc.

Optional subjects UAB 

• Advanced Machine Learning
• Software Engineering 
• Cancer Genetics
• Human Genetics
• Medical Genetics
• Quantitative Genetics and Breeding
• Applied Genomics (3 credits)
• Data Management 
• Advanced Methods of Data Processing and Management 
• Paradigms of Machine Learning
• External Academic Work Placements (12 credits)

Optional subjects UPC

• Machine Learning 2
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Cybersecurity Management
• Advanced Engineering Project (12 credits)
• External Academic Work Placements (12 credits)

Optional subjects UPF

• Evolutionary Algorithms (4 credits)
• Advanced Analysis of Biomedical Images I (Cardiovascular System): Segmentation and Quantification (4 credits)
• Analysis of Advanced Biomedical Images II: Coregistration and Fusion (4 credits)
• Advanced Synthetic Biology (4 credits)
• Complex Bionetworks (4 credits)
• Evolutionary Computation (4 credits)
• Advanced Evolutionary Computation (4 credits)
• Cancer Dynamics (4 credits)
• Large Scale Genome Dynamics (4 credits)
• Epidemiology (4 credits)
• Introduction to Drug Research and Development (4 credits)
• Cognitive Neuroscience (4 credits)
• Principles of Biological Design 
• External Academic Work Placement (12 credits)

Optional subjects UB

• Project Management and Legal Issues
• Genetic Principles of Diseases
• Bioethics (3 credits)
• Experimental Design and Data Analysis
• Design and Evaluation of Bioactive Molecules
• Macromolecular Structure
• Evolution
• Pharmacology
• Advanced Techniques in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Diagnostic and Image Techniques
• External Academic Work Placements (12 credits)

All subjects are worth 6 credits unless otherwise specified.